reminders for myself
Charisma is the ability to inspire and motivate people through emotional and personal appeal; referent power is about being a role model to people you have relationships with.
To leverage referent power, focus on the values you want to uphold in your workplace—values your employees have confirmed as important—and emulate those. You don’t need to be
... See moreBikram Mann • Referent Power: The Ultimate Form of Influence
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it will be a butterfly — R. Buckminster Fuller
Leyla Acaroglu • Tools for Systems Thinkers: The 6 Fundamental Concepts of Systems Thinking
Great artists don’t study art history to figure out what art to create. Great founders don’t analyze the market to figure out what product to build.
Naval Ravikanttwitter.comMy product won’t write sentences for you. The slow process of writing is what clarifies thought, shapes identity, and cultivates a lens to the world. Writing is the whole point; it isn’t a chore to optimize, it’s an infinite game.
Michael Dean • Mega-Update
Sahil Bloom Quote:
You can chose to place yourself in an environment where you're highly valued, surrounded by people who lift you up, who encourage you to think bigger, who pair high expectations with high support, who believe in you even when you don't believe in yourself.
You can choose to think of yourself as unlimited, dynamic. You can hold you
... See moreFreedom and autonomy are foundations of wellbeing (applies to kids, partners and employees)
Limits may slow us down long enough to breathe in what we already have, but they do not reduce meaning. In some cases, they may generate more. We’re not designed to be at capacity all the time, endlessly stimulated by activities, saturated in tasks to tick off... To remind ourselves of our limits is a kindness.
Donald Winnicott • Article
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